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the president needs to take a page out of president bill clinton -- >> he's in philadelphia with the middle class behind him and nodding and saying, i've got a pen, i've got a pen. i've still got a pen, i've still got a pen. >> president obama owes president clinton a great deal for helping him get elected. number one, we need a meaningful citizen education engagement effort with the white house in formada, next year to build the case for a grand bargain. the official version of what i did and what my colleagues did over the last several months and we need congressional hearings that will set the stage for tax reforms, social security reform and the president needs to negotiate privately and have discussions with congressional leaders of both parties privately. those three things can get us to the promt promise land. and without all three of those, we're in trouble. >> but, david, that is exactly what was supposed to happen between july of 2011 and today. and guess what? none of it has happened. none of it. we're having the same conversation. >> you know what? >> only the president c
the president needs to take a page out of president bill clinton -- >> he's in philadelphia with the middle class behind him and nodding and saying, i've got a pen, i've got a pen. i've still got a pen, i've still got a pen. >> president obama owes president clinton a great deal for helping him get elected. number one, we need a meaningful citizen education engagement effort with the white house in formada, next year to build the case for a grand bargain. the official version of...
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presidents above that, bill clinton, named richard nixon, named ronald reagan win. presidents bow low that, george h.w. bush, jimmy carter, lose. presidents at 50%, the right number, george w. bush win 58% of the vote. obama is below 50% at 47, 46, dangerous territory for the incumbent. >> stick around, we have more in a minute. "squawk" will be right back. >>> coming up, squawk market master, pimco's mohamed el erian talks markets and 8:30, author thomas friedman is our special guest, "squawk box" returns after a quick break. okay, here's the plan. you have a plan? first we're gonna check our bags for free, thanks to our explorer card. then, the united club. my mother was so wrong about you. next, we get priority boarding on our flight i booked with miles. all because of the card. and me. okay, what's the plan? plan? mm-hmm. we're on vacation. this is no plan. really? [ male announcer ] the united mileageplus explorer card. the mileage card with special perks on united. get it and you're in. ♪ ♪ i can do anything ♪ i can do anything today ♪ i can go anywher
presidents above that, bill clinton, named richard nixon, named ronald reagan win. presidents bow low that, george h.w. bush, jimmy carter, lose. presidents at 50%, the right number, george w. bush win 58% of the vote. obama is below 50% at 47, 46, dangerous territory for the incumbent. >> stick around, we have more in a minute. "squawk" will be right back. >>> coming up, squawk market master, pimco's mohamed el erian talks markets and 8:30, author thomas friedman is...
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so bill clinton raised taxes on everybody. now we're talking about raising taxes on a portion of the people. but when bill clinton raised taxes, it was during the massive vibrancy, dotcom boom. >> i know you're going to get to it when we show this interview in its entirety in a few minutes, but he could not actually bring himself to say the words, raise taxes. what he said was finding ways to grow the economy. >> he wants to get back to growth and i don't think he believes getting to growth will mean making it more of a pressure for people in terms of raising taxes. but, you're right. he was trying to watch that political line. look, he was in new york last night with president obama. he already had a slipup, saying that mitt romney's business ak cue men, he's being very careful in terms of suggesting -- making suggestions but not out and out say don't raise taxes. >> he's a proxy for the president right now. you can see the entire interview and we look forward to that very much. >> yes. we'll take a short break and we're a fe
so bill clinton raised taxes on everybody. now we're talking about raising taxes on a portion of the people. but when bill clinton raised taxes, it was during the massive vibrancy, dotcom boom. >> i know you're going to get to it when we show this interview in its entirety in a few minutes, but he could not actually bring himself to say the words, raise taxes. what he said was finding ways to grow the economy. >> he wants to get back to growth and i don't think he believes getting...
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clinton seemed to agree. arguing we should act now. not after the elections, to avoid the fiscal cliff. >> well, i happen to think president clinton right on the money. isn't it time to fix the fiscal tax cliff, get business some certainty, and stave off recession? here now, house members peter welch, democrat from vermont. and nan hayworth from new york. by the way, at this point, half the major opinion makers in the democratic party agree with the getting rid of the tax cliff and disagree with their own president, peter. >> well, there was picking and choosing among the republican leaders delighted to hear tax cut on president clinton's lips. he clarified that, number one. number two, i think what we need to do is what president clinton did, a balanced approach. his budget vote that he won by one vote, raised taxes and it lowered spending. a balanced approach. led to $20 million new jobs in three years of surpluses, and that's what i am arguing for. we need a balanced approach where the pentagon contributes
clinton seemed to agree. arguing we should act now. not after the elections, to avoid the fiscal cliff. >> well, i happen to think president clinton right on the money. isn't it time to fix the fiscal tax cliff, get business some certainty, and stave off recession? here now, house members peter welch, democrat from vermont. and nan hayworth from new york. by the way, at this point, half the major opinion makers in the democratic party agree with the getting rid of the tax cliff and...
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bill clinton did. clinton will say something to the effect that the republicans created a huge mess and now they are saying, hey, barack obama, you didn't clean it up fast enough. you have to put us back in charge. that's the essence of what president clinton will say. to put it in context the t, president clinton, without a single republican vote in 1993 got passed the balance budget economic plan. it was only until 1997 that the republicans then in control of congress had their stuff come into effect. that's indisputable. so what you will see today is president clinton saying, look. when president obama says i'm willing to cut government spending if we also have some revenues offset at a 3 or 4 to 1 ratio that's compromise. clinton will reframe it. >> look what obama is doing. obama is gutting welfare, the work requirements. the republicans came in in 1994. that's when the stock market started to rally. >> that's right. >> you saw it completely changed bill clinton. >> larry. >> i want to ask steve m
bill clinton did. clinton will say something to the effect that the republicans created a huge mess and now they are saying, hey, barack obama, you didn't clean it up fast enough. you have to put us back in charge. that's the essence of what president clinton will say. to put it in context the t, president clinton, without a single republican vote in 1993 got passed the balance budget economic plan. it was only until 1997 that the republicans then in control of congress had their stuff come...
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reagan or clinton. they had 15 to 30% higher dollar and oil prices in both periods. >> came down. >> were 18 to 20 a barrel. >> and gold prices came down. i was disturbed by the mcdonald's report today. mcdonald's, the quintessential global company, every place, and they reported lousy earnings, lousy revenues and lousy guidance. you know what? i'd use mcd's as a global indicator. i didn't like a thing hay had to say. >> it's nasty. that's what economic cycles are. keynesian economists say the elixir of life is we can smooth the economic cycle. that hasn't happened. you cannot ban gravity either. corporate earnings cycles go up and down. the best way to get earnings on track at mcdonald's is to drop the oil price. >> drop oil prices and grow the economy with supply side policies. keith, thank you very much. up next, unprecedented fines levelled against penn state over the child abuse scandal. some are questioning tonight whether the school should be paying the price. we'll report on it in a moment. my v
reagan or clinton. they had 15 to 30% higher dollar and oil prices in both periods. >> came down. >> were 18 to 20 a barrel. >> and gold prices came down. i was disturbed by the mcdonald's report today. mcdonald's, the quintessential global company, every place, and they reported lousy earnings, lousy revenues and lousy guidance. you know what? i'd use mcd's as a global indicator. i didn't like a thing hay had to say. >> it's nasty. that's what economic cycles are....
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i think the clinton thing is front page news and cable news all week long. >> clinton is a big supporter of the president. >> i totally agree with bill clinton. they ought to extend the tax cuts, bill clinton is trying to signal for barack obama and move to the center and be a moderate, but obama's team won't do that. mark simone, i think all these left-wing guys are just ruining him. this plouffe, the campaign manager, these guys are so far to the left they won't listen to what bill clinton is trying to say, they won't lynn to what cory booker is trying to say, they won't listen to ed rendell is trying to say, and i think this is killing obama, mark simone. >> the voter is not that stupid, they get the sense they might be a nice guy and sincere, but people say, what am i voting for? four more years of this? the problem is you've got a great cabinet, but that he never consults with his cabinet. he's an introvert, a loner, they'll say he's basically out campaigning for them -- >> again, mark is definitely not playing in the real world here. i worked for the president and the administratio
i think the clinton thing is front page news and cable news all week long. >> clinton is a big supporter of the president. >> i totally agree with bill clinton. they ought to extend the tax cuts, bill clinton is trying to signal for barack obama and move to the center and be a moderate, but obama's team won't do that. mark simone, i think all these left-wing guys are just ruining him. this plouffe, the campaign manager, these guys are so far to the left they won't listen to what...
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making sure it's lubricated as well as it can be. >> how about clinton? >> clinton, fine. you can look at them all historically, which we just did. reag reagan, an overwhelmingly liberal democratically led house. yet those two chambers september to him and signed into law a huge number of bills. they didn't hate reagan. they just made deals and got it done. but was reagan a big government republican? i'm trying to figure that part out. >> whenever i see people use historical facts to -- there's always things going on. maybe there were -- i don't know. there was a lot going on back at that time. >> but i don't think anybody could say that ronald reagan was a massive regulator. per say. >> isn't it the wovrs met trick of congress? >> it's a dumb metric. i think it's more important to stop getting bad laws passed. god only had 10 commandments. he's been very unproductive the last few years. most of what republicans does makes the public poorer, makes the world worst off. it would be nice if the democrats in the senate could pass a budget. that would be a nice thing to happen.
making sure it's lubricated as well as it can be. >> how about clinton? >> clinton, fine. you can look at them all historically, which we just did. reag reagan, an overwhelmingly liberal democratically led house. yet those two chambers september to him and signed into law a huge number of bills. they didn't hate reagan. they just made deals and got it done. but was reagan a big government republican? i'm trying to figure that part out. >> whenever i see people use historical...
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some have been supported by democrats like paul start or hillary clinton that don't require a individual mandate. there are other ways to make health care work and i think we'll have to go back to the drawing board. >> i don't think this should have gotten to the supreme court in the first place. the mandate has many remembers that they have supported for 20 years. no one thought this was unconstitutional until this latest wrong of legal wrangling started. and they have found it administratively and politically feasible way to cover more poem and deal with the problems of our health system. this is what they came up with, and it's something that i think the court needs to give the president and the congress the space to do their jobs. we have a national health care market, and i think it's a clear cut case. >> ke we take anything away from the way they ruled on the arizona immigration law. they did break up into pieces, much of which they struck down. there are two different issues, but is there. >> tom: an mo for this supreme court? >> the court is not going to break down, necessarily,
some have been supported by democrats like paul start or hillary clinton that don't require a individual mandate. there are other ways to make health care work and i think we'll have to go back to the drawing board. >> i don't think this should have gotten to the supreme court in the first place. the mandate has many remembers that they have supported for 20 years. no one thought this was unconstitutional until this latest wrong of legal wrangling started. and they have found it...
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secretary clinton did did mention human rights, but most of her remarks were around cooperation. president hu jintao urged mutual respect between the between countries. with the case receiving so much media attention, it is likely that china needs to salvage it face that has been lost by two embassy incidents in the past few months. so chen may not be allowed to go to the u.s. immediately, but judging by the past cases, similar cases, the release may come later. what this does is highlight the degree of human lights abuses at china local government levels. i tried to contact the government of chen's hometown and they said everyone has left and nobody could do interviews. meanwhile china's global times newspaper says this issue has been blown out of row portion by the u.s. government and western media. back to you. >> and after talking to chen guangcheng earlier this morning, she tried to get back in touch with me later in the away, but what i've been tolden t is that phone line is completely dead. so maybe he is out of touch, maybe the authorities are doing -- it's hard to tell f
secretary clinton did did mention human rights, but most of her remarks were around cooperation. president hu jintao urged mutual respect between the between countries. with the case receiving so much media attention, it is likely that china needs to salvage it face that has been lost by two embassy incidents in the past few months. so chen may not be allowed to go to the u.s. immediately, but judging by the past cases, similar cases, the release may come later. what this does is highlight the...
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. >> let's get spending down to where bill clinton had it and then have taxes up to where bill clinton did. the only president since lyndon johnson balance budget. only democrats balance budgets, do you know that? >> will they fix this tax hike before the whole thing dooms the economy? real quick. >> no, they will put it off and in december, they will probably extend it three months or something. >> that's it for tonight's show. thank you for watching. tax-mageddon. washington, you have to do something right away. [ male announcer ] this... is the at&t network. a living, breathing intelligence teaching data how to do more for business. [ beeping ] in here, data knows what to do. because the network finds it and tailors it across all the right points, automating all the right actions, to bring all the right results. [ whirring and beeping ] it's the at&t network -- doing more with data to help business do more for customers. ♪ oh, there's a prize, all right. [ male announcer ] inside every box of cheerios are those great-tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can he
. >> let's get spending down to where bill clinton had it and then have taxes up to where bill clinton did. the only president since lyndon johnson balance budget. only democrats balance budgets, do you know that? >> will they fix this tax hike before the whole thing dooms the economy? real quick. >> no, they will put it off and in december, they will probably extend it three months or something. >> that's it for tonight's show. thank you for watching. tax-mageddon....
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clinton has been expected to return this work this week. she was forced to cancel testimony in front of congress about the scathing attack on the u.s. embassy in benghazi. >>> now, straight ahead on the program, the cliffhanger continues. will congress and president obama be able to pull together a fiscal cliff deal in time? we'll let you know, when we come back. [ male announcer ] how can power consumption in china, impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. >>> well, of course, it isn't just the fiscal cliff we're counting down to. it's new year's eve and we want to say happy new year to everyone who is joining us or watching t
clinton has been expected to return this work this week. she was forced to cancel testimony in front of congress about the scathing attack on the u.s. embassy in benghazi. >>> now, straight ahead on the program, the cliffhanger continues. will congress and president obama be able to pull together a fiscal cliff deal in time? we'll let you know, when we come back. [ male announcer ] how can power consumption in china, impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain,...
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bill clinton, he always gave a great speech. he didn't always. he became throughout his career a much better speech giver. he gave a terrific speech for the partisan crowd here in charlotte. i think that's the real question, kelly, you know, whether the speech is really going to fire up the bases of the democratic party going into the rest of this election or is it something that can appeal to independents. you know, i think what are independents looking for? it's a vision for the future. what we're seeing so far is we have the best defense they can make of the obama administration at this point. >> what's interesting, tony, is republicans have managed to clearly shape the debate about whether americans are better now than they were four years ago. do you think the democrats can mount a strong defense on that point? >> they're certainly trying. they keep tripping up though with some of the platform issues that they've had here, you know, the kerfluffel was the removal of god and putting it back in. that tripped them up until they got to president
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he's not going to be debating bill clinton. you'll see this settled down and actually i think the agency. the polls are tight. it's a very tight race. the president said it's a tight race. i think he's right on that and i think governor romney will do fine. >> and in terms of the economy, will it do fine? here we have this fiscal issue that is impacting uncertainty right now. never mind if, in fact, the u.s. goes off that fiscal cliff. give us your sense of the differences in policies for the vote candidates. because there is also a poll that shows voters think romney is too vague about his policy proposals. >> well, let me address that a little bit first. that's something that really kind of gets under my skin. you know, governor romney came out with a 59-point plan. i contributed to that plan. he subsequently clarified his position on taxes, education, made them clearer. everybody said governor romney, he's so technical, he just gets into the details, he's a policy launch. he doesn't see the forest for the trees. so in the co
he's not going to be debating bill clinton. you'll see this settled down and actually i think the agency. the polls are tight. it's a very tight race. the president said it's a tight race. i think he's right on that and i think governor romney will do fine. >> and in terms of the economy, will it do fine? here we have this fiscal issue that is impacting uncertainty right now. never mind if, in fact, the u.s. goes off that fiscal cliff. give us your sense of the differences in policies for...
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tell us about clinton and tell us about everything. >> reporter: clinton, andrew, was a very valuable testimonial for president obama. nobody's got more credibility on the economy given the economy that he presided over. you can argue about exactly how good it was and what cause the it to be good. nevertheless, he was there and one of the things that president obama's suffering from right now and that other presidents have risen or fallen on is that it's a results business. the results on your watch matter. what president clinton said last night was to tell voters not to blame president obama for the difficulty of coming back from the recession and just to be a little patient with him. here's bill clinton last night. >> no president, not me, not any of my predecessors, no one could have fully repaired all the damage that he found in just four years. but he has desh has laid the foundations for a new modern successful economy, a shared prosperity. and if you will renew the president's contract, you will feel it. you will feel it. >> >>. >> reporter: renew the president's contract. that
tell us about clinton and tell us about everything. >> reporter: clinton, andrew, was a very valuable testimonial for president obama. nobody's got more credibility on the economy given the economy that he presided over. you can argue about exactly how good it was and what cause the it to be good. nevertheless, he was there and one of the things that president obama's suffering from right now and that other presidents have risen or fallen on is that it's a results business. the results on...
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bill clinton is tonight's headliner. we'll go to north carolina and check in with john harwood in a moment. >>> first, nfl kickoff, the giants and cowboys play tonight but the real game is on "squawk" this morning. we'll talk big business of the pigskin with the top nfl executive, mark wal erwaller at eastern time. and exclusive interview with indra nooyi from pepsico. and we'll talk to the owner of the new york jets, woody johnson at 7:15 eastern. and we have the owners of the cowboys and the giants, they will be live together at :15 eastern time. jerry jones and steve tisch in a "squawk box" exclusive. let's start with the top headlines, andrew. >>> let's talk facebook. it's promising not to sell stock to cover a $2 billion tax bill. it says it will cover that with existing cash and borrowing from credit facilities. as a result of the move, total outstanding shares will be reduced by 1.5 million shares. the company spinning it as a equivalent of buy back. the company disclosing rank and file employees can start selling
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this was just unraveling as secretary of state hillary clinton arrived in israel. she met with prime minister netanyahu into the evening to try to come to terms with negotiations for a cease fire. then again today, she met with the palestinian authority in the west bank and we're told she's actually once again now meeting with netanyahu and other senior israeli officials, trying to broker some sort of peace deal. after this, she was planning to travel to egypt, which has been the center of negotiations, really. the u.n. secretary-general is also in the region. so we seem to have the power players of the diplomatic world in the region, trying to come together with some terms to stop this violence. but violence continues, even though it seemed like we're so close to a cease fire, the finer details are being worked out, the violence continues in gaza. overnight, israeli defense forces attacked again about 100 targets in the gaza strip. today, the militants within the gaza strip have launched about 30 rockets into israel, so the violence continues, even though we seem
this was just unraveling as secretary of state hillary clinton arrived in israel. she met with prime minister netanyahu into the evening to try to come to terms with negotiations for a cease fire. then again today, she met with the palestinian authority in the west bank and we're told she's actually once again now meeting with netanyahu and other senior israeli officials, trying to broker some sort of peace deal. after this, she was planning to travel to egypt, which has been the center of...
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he joins us from the clinton global initiative in new york to talk housing and more. i'm also joined by my special co-host this our, cme's terry duffy. good to see you, eli. >> good to be with you again. >> as the founder of kb home, what do you say to these reports that thicngs are getting better? >> it's clear to me we're at the start of a real housing recovery. as you reported, 15 metropolitan areas saw in the last seven months a 5.9% increase in housing prices. we know consumer confidence is up. we know that interest rates are near an all-time low. i think people are going to recognize that buying a house now makes an awful lot of sense. they're not going to fear their home values are going to go down. so it's the start of a great recovery. >> terry? >> eli, i have a quick question for you. the market, i agree with you, has had a tremendous selloff. i like buying lows and selling highs. with interest rates being at an all-time low, if there's an uptick in rates, what does that do to the housing market? >> i don't think we're going to have an uptick in rates for th
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didn't work out too well for mitt romney but he will have bill clinton, former president, on wednesday night of his convention make the economic case for obama's re-election. the president is weighed down by the weak economy. bill clinton makes economic arguments between republicans and democrats better than anyone and then president obama will have the big moment on thursday night to do his acceptance speech. mitt romney used his last night to try to sketch out a more human picture of his life, talked about his family, his parents. and republican strategists i talked to think he succeeded with that. question is whether it reaches enough swing voters, especially women, to get over the hump in the end. back to you. >> thanks, john. >>> let's look at whether mitt romney sealed the deal with wall street. john carney is speaking with key players today. what was the verdict? >> they liked what they heard. they thought romney was focused on the economy and not on the hot button social issues. they think that's the right way to go. the line that actually three different people brought up was
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i want obama to be like reagan or clinton, not bush. that's what he's been like so far. >> again, you make interesting points, and if you look at the president's budget, part of this is this budget control act. you're talking about over $2 trillion of spending cuts. i mean, he takes me out of my comfort zone on that stuff. i'd argue, just like with the corporate tax thing, he's there. he's there. >> i hope he's there on the corporate tax thing. i'm holding my breath, on the spending side, you're using washington math. look at obama's budget, spending in 2022 will be $2 trillion higher than it is today. that's not a budget cut. >> i'm using cbo math, scoring, and in fact, that is just a reflection of whatever baseline you want to choose. >> the share of the economy -- >> rather use -- >> jared, try this on for size. >> sure. >> this is san unbelievable country and an unbelievable economy and i think even some democrats talk about american exceptionalism. you don't like to much, because -- >> i agree. >> we love the world, blah, blah. saw
i want obama to be like reagan or clinton, not bush. that's what he's been like so far. >> again, you make interesting points, and if you look at the president's budget, part of this is this budget control act. you're talking about over $2 trillion of spending cuts. i mean, he takes me out of my comfort zone on that stuff. i'd argue, just like with the corporate tax thing, he's there. he's there. >> i hope he's there on the corporate tax thing. i'm holding my breath, on the spending...
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clinton was inspiring. >> yeah. a lot of people did think that. clinton's speech drew a huge draw even as it was going up against an nfl game. the league opener for that night. >>> when we come back, we'll have more from jack welch. >>> and in the next hour, co-founder of the case shiller index, he's going to talk to us about the state of today's housing. >>> in honor of talk like a pirate day, here's a joke for you. who was a pirate's favorite reggae artist? the answer when "squawk box" returns, arrr. >>> welcome back, matey, here's the answer to the talk like a pirate hour. who's the pirate's favorite music arrrrtist, if you guessed bob marley, you are correct. >> welcome back, everybody. our guest host is jack welch. he's the founder of the jack welch management institute. and jack, when you're here, we usually talk a little bit about the economy and what you're seeing through the lens. how are things both in the united states and europe. >> and china? >> let's talk about the u.s. in almost every business, there are pockets of real success. let
clinton was inspiring. >> yeah. a lot of people did think that. clinton's speech drew a huge draw even as it was going up against an nfl game. the league opener for that night. >>> when we come back, we'll have more from jack welch. >>> and in the next hour, co-founder of the case shiller index, he's going to talk to us about the state of today's housing. >>> in honor of talk like a pirate day, here's a joke for you. who was a pirate's favorite reggae artist?...
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we've been talking about republican presidential politics and bill clinton. we were just talking with the ceo of diageo he said it's not the brics. it's vietnam, sub sahara africa where the real growth is. what challenge does that present for u.s. policymakers in >> look we all understand that the economy now truly is global. we all understand that what goes on in one region of the world has a direct impact on job creation in the united states, in europe. and i think that is challenging when you think about the truism that all politics is local. and so one of the great concerns that i think overhangs the business community in the united states, in europe, is whether or not politicians and policymakers have the wherewithal, perhaps even the experience to deal with a rapidly changing global economy in a political process that's still quite driven by local issues. so, you know, we look at the united states. i think a great deal of business people's concern is when they look to washington, d.c. and listen to the debates that go on capitol hill they think to thems
we've been talking about republican presidential politics and bill clinton. we were just talking with the ceo of diageo he said it's not the brics. it's vietnam, sub sahara africa where the real growth is. what challenge does that present for u.s. policymakers in >> look we all understand that the economy now truly is global. we all understand that what goes on in one region of the world has a direct impact on job creation in the united states, in europe. and i think that is challenging...
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actually, bill clinton had the answer at last week's democratic convention. >> i always give a one-word answer. arithmetic. >> yep, math. a local, state and federal governments simply can't pay what they promised anymore. so is what's happening in chicago going to stay in chicago? meet somebody who fears not even close. >>> later, a different kind of math problem. taxpayer-backed general motors real lose $50,000 on every volt it makes? we're on the case. er ] what if you had thermal night-vision goggles, like in a special ops mission? you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep, you'd be targeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade architect's heat maps do. they make you a trading assassin. trade architect. td ameritrade's empowering web-based trading platform. trade commission-free for 60 days, and we'll throw in up to $600 when you open an account. oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit b
actually, bill clinton had the answer at last week's democratic convention. >> i always give a one-word answer. arithmetic. >> yep, math. a local, state and federal governments simply can't pay what they promised anymore. so is what's happening in chicago going to stay in chicago? meet somebody who fears not even close. >>> later, a different kind of math problem. taxpayer-backed general motors real lose $50,000 on every volt it makes? we're on the case. er ] what if you...
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it went up a lot in the clinton years. >> interesting point, jared. scott walker here from wisconsin. but you think back 30 years ago, the fall of 1982 and what was it november and december, you know, 10.8% unemployment. you look at the policies enacted after the reagan tax cut and other items later in the 80s and we saw going in to the first president bush and then to clinton, strong economy and the things that happened there. a lot of it parallels what we're seeing right now. >> asking him to say because of reagan with the growth? >> look at that. i mean, '82. >> good luck. >> 10.8%. strong indicator. >> jared will not always take the -- remember, with keystone, jared, you told me that was the wrong move. >> see, i'm nonpartisan. that's the point. >> you are? >> let me ask you this. >> what i care -- >> would you -- will you say that we're never going to do just 250 and below, you're not going to get that agreed upon. to make this work and get past the fiscal cliff, will you say we should extend them all? >> i don't say that. >> see, see? >> maybe -
it went up a lot in the clinton years. >> interesting point, jared. scott walker here from wisconsin. but you think back 30 years ago, the fall of 1982 and what was it november and december, you know, 10.8% unemployment. you look at the policies enacted after the reagan tax cut and other items later in the 80s and we saw going in to the first president bush and then to clinton, strong economy and the things that happened there. a lot of it parallels what we're seeing right now. >>...
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it's only been since 1995 that we've had these gun free zones around school, during the clinton administration that was passed. prior to that, if you had concealed carry, virtually all the schools would allow you to carry concealed guns on to school property. >> when people try to get on a plane to do harm, they're all banned, the liquid,s plastic explosives. that doesn't man we don't check people for them. if we banned all guns, it doesn't mean that someone's going to get to the school -- that it can prevent an illegal -- a person with an illegal gun getting into the school. it seems like if this had been god forbid a terrorist attack, whether it's domestic or if there were to be a terrorist attack, we wouldn't be asking where the terrorists got the gun or what kind of guns did the terrorists have in we'd want to make sure someone was there to protect the children from another terrorist attack. and we don't seem to be able to face that reality. >> on the first point that you just brought up, the country up till friday had two of tleet worst public school shootings in world history. in fact, t
it's only been since 1995 that we've had these gun free zones around school, during the clinton administration that was passed. prior to that, if you had concealed carry, virtually all the schools would allow you to carry concealed guns on to school property. >> when people try to get on a plane to do harm, they're all banned, the liquid,s plastic explosives. that doesn't man we don't check people for them. if we banned all guns, it doesn't mean that someone's going to get to the school...
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>> it's not just the clinton tax rates. we had a pretty good economy under bill clinton. >> different spending rates, too, back then, governor. >> well, that's right. it's also cuts in defense which we haven't had in 30 years and a cut in human services, which i'd rather not do, but i think everybody needs to something on the table to get what we need to get. it's the best deal for the country. we'll have a recession. the cbo thinks and i agree with this, we'll have 1.3% negative growth for two quarters and we'll go back with a slightly less than 2% growth rate for the entire. we're not going to get out of this without pain. anybody when thinks we'll get through the deficit problem without having to do some sacrificing is wrong. what this does in my view as a democrat is it distributes the burden of the pain fairly, that is, we go back to the clinton tax rates for everybody, not just for rich folks. and we had a good economy under bill clinton. we go back -- we get -- cuts in defense spending which we know is higher than it
>> it's not just the clinton tax rates. we had a pretty good economy under bill clinton. >> different spending rates, too, back then, governor. >> well, that's right. it's also cuts in defense which we haven't had in 30 years and a cut in human services, which i'd rather not do, but i think everybody needs to something on the table to get what we need to get. it's the best deal for the country. we'll have a recession. the cbo thinks and i agree with this, we'll have 1.3%...
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. >> president clinton said the u.s. economy is in a recession in an interview with cnbc's maria bartiromo. he urged congress to extend tax cuts which is off message due to expire at the end. year. he sawed the current tax structure wouldn't look so bad if the economy were doing better. >> still pretty low, the government's spending levels. but i think they look high because there's a recession so the taxes look higher than they would be if we had 2.5%, 3% growth and spend is higher than it would be if we had 2.5%, 3% growth because so many people getting food stamps, so many people get be unemployment. >> clinton blamed the damage on sovereign debt crisis. >> the president's office, former president's office issued clarification. they say two questions have been raised regarding president clinton's massacre view. first on extending the bush tax cuts, he supported extending all of the cuts in 2010 as part of the bill agreement but does not believe the tax cuts for the wealthiest americans should be extended again. they c
. >> president clinton said the u.s. economy is in a recession in an interview with cnbc's maria bartiromo. he urged congress to extend tax cuts which is off message due to expire at the end. year. he sawed the current tax structure wouldn't look so bad if the economy were doing better. >> still pretty low, the government's spending levels. but i think they look high because there's a recession so the taxes look higher than they would be if we had 2.5%, 3% growth and spend is higher...
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president clinton obviously the hot hand. >> if president clinton is the hot hand for the current administration, boy, we haven't just lowered the bar on employment. back to you. >>> when we come back, are loyalty cards the new coupons in the tech area? >>> a few moments left in europe's trading day. [ horn honks ] hey, it's sandra -- from accounting. peter. i can see that you're busy... but you were gonna help us crunch the numbers for accounts receivable today. i mean i know that this is important. well, both are important. let's be clear. they are but this is important too. [ man ] the receivables. [ male announcer ] michelin knows it's better for xerox to help manage their finance processing. so they can focus on keeping the world moving. with xerox, you're ready for real buss. >>> a lot of data we've gotten here stateside, consumer confidence, home prices, overshadowing the fact that s&p did cut their forecast for eurozone gdp simon with the european close. >> we've had verbal intervention coming through from the two key players within the eurozone, both mario draghi and angela markle. i'll
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and then went right to bill clinton. the clintons are still with us. >> it's a dynasty. >> don't you need multiple generation for a dynasty? they're more like a pow are couple. the bushes are a dynasty. >> if hillary were to make it into the white house, that would almost be a dynasty. >> that would be the first woman president. >> could you get behind that? >> could i get behind that. >> that's interesting. okay. two california farms are under quarn tee and a calf branch also under investigation. this follows the discovery of the latest u.s. case of mad cow disease, but the government says the actions are standard procedure and there is no threat to the food supply. michelle. >>> speaking of food, the u.n. says world food prices easeds last month driven by fall this is grains and sugar. >>> and coming up, karl rove's latest venture and an interesting mix of business and politics. plus we'll head to the trading pit and see what dra today todan has in store. first as we head to break, here's a look at yesterday's winners
and then went right to bill clinton. the clintons are still with us. >> it's a dynasty. >> don't you need multiple generation for a dynasty? they're more like a pow are couple. the bushes are a dynasty. >> if hillary were to make it into the white house, that would almost be a dynasty. >> that would be the first woman president. >> could you get behind that? >> could i get behind that. >> that's interesting. okay. two california farms are under quarn...
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let industry be freed up to do its thing, we'll create millions of jobs as we did under reagan and clinton. >> that's a great point. we just showed our viewers a great stat about revenue per employee according to "the wall street journal," it continues to soar. companies i understand will naturally hire when they can't squeeze anymore productivity out of an individual. are we close to that point? >> i think the opportunity's there. i think with the right kind of view of the future at a macro level it would be amazing what would happen to our economy. we're making huge advances in technology. we have radically improved our cost structures, as bill just said. if we really had a free market, we would have almost no unemployment in the united states. it's a shame we're underutilizing this opportunity and that we need a different kind of leadership. >> uh-huh. okay. >> so the question is there on productive workers, it's not that we don't -- people are productive. they're becoming more and more competitive. with india, with china, with germany. and i think that's the key. if we can have our wor
let industry be freed up to do its thing, we'll create millions of jobs as we did under reagan and clinton. >> that's a great point. we just showed our viewers a great stat about revenue per employee according to "the wall street journal," it continues to soar. companies i understand will naturally hire when they can't squeeze anymore productivity out of an individual. are we close to that point? >> i think the opportunity's there. i think with the right kind of view of...
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so if he changes course like president clinton did in a second term, then we can see a better environment. we both know the stock market recovered because of the monetary policy that was not related to anything that the president or his administration did. that's my view. >> it is because of policies or in spite of policies? >> a lot of the states have lower unemployment rates than the national unemployment rate. that includes ohio. >> gentlemen and maria, history is on the side of free markets. history is on the side of a pro business government. america deserves that. and i think we're going to get that tonight. now if we don't get that, you guys can dunk me over the fiscal cliff tomorrow. but right now i think there is a path, okay, that the governor can get to. and larry, i hope i'm on your show next week and we're talking about the jack kemp style type of growth that we can have and the style of growth that this country deserves. that's my prediction. >> speaking as a fellow supply cider, i couldn't agree with you more. all of these wall street people who have been predicting obama's
so if he changes course like president clinton did in a second term, then we can see a better environment. we both know the stock market recovered because of the monetary policy that was not related to anything that the president or his administration did. that's my view. >> it is because of policies or in spite of policies? >> a lot of the states have lower unemployment rates than the national unemployment rate. that includes ohio. >> gentlemen and maria, history is on the...
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clinton and so forth, do you think they're misleading? do you think they have in effect misled us and have not told us the truth? >> first of all, be clear. i don't speak to governor romney. i'm not an adviser or a spokesperson. personally, it seems to me there is some degree of either denial, maybe they're deceiving themselves, or deception. but it seems as though all of this goes so much against the grain of we've killed bin laden and al qaeda's on the ropes that it's sort of hard to admit it. but as i said a few minutes ago, it's absolutely critical to admit that we have a major problem still. killing bin laden was a good thing. capturing khalid -- we've done a lot of things that have weakened al qaeda. but these people are around for the long haul. we have to be around for the long haul. and this notion that we can't afford nation building abroad because we have to do mission building at home, we've got to attend to both. and that is why, if i can make this point on your business channel, fixing our economy is critical. so the u.s. ca
clinton and so forth, do you think they're misleading? do you think they have in effect misled us and have not told us the truth? >> first of all, be clear. i don't speak to governor romney. i'm not an adviser or a spokesperson. personally, it seems to me there is some degree of either denial, maybe they're deceiving themselves, or deception. but it seems as though all of this goes so much against the grain of we've killed bin laden and al qaeda's on the ropes that it's sort of hard to...
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. >> and can we talk about bill clinton pulling a cory booker last night? >> sure. >> he never pulls a cory booker. >> that was as close as could you. >> bill clinton did exactly -- >> he said that governor romney has a, quote, sterling business career. shouldn't be going after bain. that pushed it completely in a different way. what's it doing to the campaign is this. >> nothing. >> is there any mood change around private equity in terms of what's going on in the white house? >> no. i was talking to some democratic strategists this week about the blow back that has occurred over those attacks and there's a lot in new york, new jersey, connecticut, democrats who are close to wall street, close private equity. and the argument they make is nobody cares about that. they need to pound this in the target states heavily and make it stake. >> john, great to have you. when we come being aboutkcome b. trs would define you as an innovator. to hold more than one patent of this caliber... would define you as a true leader. ♪ to hold over 80,000... well that would ma
. >> and can we talk about bill clinton pulling a cory booker last night? >> sure. >> he never pulls a cory booker. >> that was as close as could you. >> bill clinton did exactly -- >> he said that governor romney has a, quote, sterling business career. shouldn't be going after bain. that pushed it completely in a different way. what's it doing to the campaign is this. >> nothing. >> is there any mood change around private equity in terms of...
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democratic primary four years ago, he criticized the individual mandate proposal that was part of hillary clinton's reform, health care reform, but when he got elected, he adopted that idea. i'm hopeful that perhaps -- and if you listen to his speech he gave on election night, he wanted to work across the aisle, reach out to governor romney. this would be a great example for president obama to show that he means what he says when he talks about bipartisanship. to take an idea from governor romney and use it as an overall tax reform. >> yeah, i mean, the ultimate idea here is we want to extract more dollars from the wealthy as part of a shared sacrifice in entitlement cuts. what does it matter whether you label it a deduction cut or 39.6% tax increase? ultimately, you're getting more dollars from this very top group. in fact, this may even be more progressive than 39.6. i'm a little confused as to why there's so much opposition. maybe just because romney proposed it. >> plus, you're simplifying the tax code. that's really an important part of this. you're eliminating some of those special interest f
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and hillary clinton will meet with europe's top leaders in beijing. >>> another cab i didn't tellin crew strike is expected tomorrow by lufthansa. patricia, how long lasting might this strike go and what are analysts saying about the potential impact? >> the impact, it seems that lufthansa is getting more and more use of this strike actions because we've seen already in february 2010 quite a few strikes going on yet again for tomorrow we have another strike being scheduled. but what is important here is we actually do not know loupg, for how many hours, perhaps more than the eight hours last friday, when it's gol going to start and what the outcome is going to be. i did speak with hoouft hans ya today. they're very well prepared without any necessities for you to reschedule your own flight. so this is definitely something that they're putting forward as something for the passengers. last friday, we have about 26,000 passengers stranded. in terms of costs, no communication from the company yet. however, they do have their savings program well on the way. they're going to continue with tha
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. >> from the bill clinton/newt gingrich space, i believe spending got down to about 18% of gdp, it's drifting up towards 24%, 25% of gdp, put another ten points on for state and local government, if i'm not mistaken. where does that leave the economy? >> well, if you look at the oecd numbers, they say we're close to 40% of gdp, they're a little bit higher than the u.s. government figures or about 37%. that's obviously not that far from say germany, which is in the low 40s and then, of course, the next stage up is countries like germany, france, and greece. >> simon, i want to reform the tax code. i want to flatten the rates and get rid of the unnecessary deductions and loopholes. i don't want to support higher spending because i want us to outgrow europe. >> look, larry, i think you're absolutely right to push for a tax reform and tax expenditures are a big problem. and with regard to spending is out of control, i think i heard dan just criticize medicare part "d" which is unfunded mandate created by the bush administration. he's right, that's unconscionable additional entitlement. b
. >> from the bill clinton/newt gingrich space, i believe spending got down to about 18% of gdp, it's drifting up towards 24%, 25% of gdp, put another ten points on for state and local government, if i'm not mistaken. where does that leave the economy? >> well, if you look at the oecd numbers, they say we're close to 40% of gdp, they're a little bit higher than the u.s. government figures or about 37%. that's obviously not that far from say germany, which is in the low 40s and then,...
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say that, bill clinton has not said that before. >> i could have done better. you could have done better. i think anybody who wasn't ideologically driven could have done better. >> what would you have done? >> sorry? >> the meaningful steps. >> what wouldn't you have done. >> we need jobs so therefore -- and we need exports so therefore the first thing you do is have the nlrb attack the number one exporter in the country on really preposterous grounds, then you in effect start yelling at business and threatening business and then you get on the tv and talk about las vegas and all of a sudden the hotel business dies. i mean, the answer is that we need leadership, not criticism. we need encouragement not discouragement and until that scenario changes i think the united states is quote/unquote, i hate to use this word, in a malaise. >> is that a function of new laws and legislation or a function of rhetoric? >> first of all it's both, okay, in other words, we hope that it's new laws. the reality is, it isn't new laws. it's using the executive branch to legislate b
say that, bill clinton has not said that before. >> i could have done better. you could have done better. i think anybody who wasn't ideologically driven could have done better. >> what would you have done? >> sorry? >> the meaningful steps. >> what wouldn't you have done. >> we need jobs so therefore -- and we need exports so therefore the first thing you do is have the nlrb attack the number one exporter in the country on really preposterous grounds, then...
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we're pining for clinton years to. i'll give you bush or clinton. thanks tony and jared. okay. >> when we return we have an interesting debate politics of private equity, high stakes debate at the heart of the presidential election when "squawk box" returns. in its cla. [ chirps ] experience the summer of audi event and get exceptional values on the audi you've always wanted. experience the summer of audi event this is new york state. we built the first railway and the first trade route to the west. we built the tallest skyscrapers, the greatest empires. we pushed the country forward. then, some said, we lost our edge. we couldn't match the pace of the new business world. well today, there's a new new york state. one that's working to attract businesses and create jobs. build energy highways and high-tech centers. nurture start-ups and small businesses. reduce tax burdens and provide the lowest middle class tax rate in 58 years. once again, new york state is a place where innovation meets determination and where businesses lead the world. the new new york works for busine
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he was a top fundraiser for bill clinton in 1992. as for what happened last night of course we had michelle obama making the case for her husband and by all accounts republicans and democrats she had a very effective speech. part of it was rebutting mitt romney without even mentioning his name, that is because she told the story of her family coming up by the boot straps and making the case that president obama sees money making as not the goal in life but in fact how many people you can help. here is michelle obama. >> and he is the same man who started his career by turning down high paying jobs and instead working in struggling neighborhoods where a steel plant had shut down, fighting to rebuild those communities and get folks back to work because for barack success isn't about how much money you make. it's about the difference you make in people's lives. >> now, what michelle obama was trying to do in that is appeal to the aspiring voters in the democratic coalition, blacks, hispanics, working women, especially blue collar women,
he was a top fundraiser for bill clinton in 1992. as for what happened last night of course we had michelle obama making the case for her husband and by all accounts republicans and democrats she had a very effective speech. part of it was rebutting mitt romney without even mentioning his name, that is because she told the story of her family coming up by the boot straps and making the case that president obama sees money making as not the goal in life but in fact how many people you can help....
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you had bill clinton talking about a compromise. i think even wisconsin played into some of the things that happened yesterday. it was just a snap back from -- >> also the market rally began in europe. there's noise -- >> but it has before. >> the spanish auction went off better than we thought today. >> you should just ask yourself who is the buyers. it's mostly the spanish banks. that's not a fundamentally good data point. the reality is i was in europe a few times in the last five weeks and i had roundtable sessions with all the large investors of europe. most of them are saying they are not going to be rolling over their southern rim sovereign debt. i'm talking about european investors, i'm not talk about u.s. investors. so we have a systemic problem there that these auctions are become more and more difficult to succeed. they're more reliant on the banks itself to buy it, you know. but getting back to this -- the plan that we are hearing about, there is a real comprehensive plan talking about the recapitalization of banks, some
you had bill clinton talking about a compromise. i think even wisconsin played into some of the things that happened yesterday. it was just a snap back from -- >> also the market rally began in europe. there's noise -- >> but it has before. >> the spanish auction went off better than we thought today. >> you should just ask yourself who is the buyers. it's mostly the spanish banks. that's not a fundamentally good data point. the reality is i was in europe a few times in...
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. >> well, a somber and subdued hillary clinton stepped before the state department to talk about the attacks in libya that killed four americans, including the u.s. ambassador. they said they were carried out by a small and savage group and says the united states will not turn its back on a free libya. take a listen. >> this is an attack that should shock the conscience of people of all faiths around the world. we condemn in the strongest terms this senseless act of violence and we send our prayers to the families, friends and colleagues of those we've lost. >> clinton also said there was no justification from this kind of violence. we're hearing from mitt romney right now on the same subject. we'll hear from president obama at the white house later on this hour. clearly -- in fact, we're going to take mitt romney right now, who's speaking before cameras. >> my condolences to the grieving loved ones who have left behind as a result of these who have lost their lives in the service of our nation. i know that the people across america are grateful for their service and we mourn their s
. >> well, a somber and subdued hillary clinton stepped before the state department to talk about the attacks in libya that killed four americans, including the u.s. ambassador. they said they were carried out by a small and savage group and says the united states will not turn its back on a free libya. take a listen. >> this is an attack that should shock the conscience of people of all faiths around the world. we condemn in the strongest terms this senseless act of violence and we...
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secretary of state hillary clinton arrive for the two-day strategic and economic die lodge which opens in beijing tomorrow. but the stronger fixing failed to trigger prices to move up. many say that symbolic gesture hold nos concrete significance as evident in the moves there. let's talk more about this and many others. adam coal, head of current strategy at rbc join us along with our guest host james ferguson, chief strategist at west house securities. all of a sudden they seem to be making these moves but ultimately the market participants with are not really buying it and it seems to reflect how they're taking it as well. if you take a look at three, six-month and one-year charts. ultimately is there a way for investors to make profit out of the discrepancy? >> i think the market's cynical interpretation probably has some foundation in that we tend to cease these moves spots ahead of key political events and guy geithner's visit is a indication of that. the long-term trend is for it to continue strengthening and probably more sew that the ndf rate implies. opportunistically, we stil
secretary of state hillary clinton arrive for the two-day strategic and economic die lodge which opens in beijing tomorrow. but the stronger fixing failed to trigger prices to move up. many say that symbolic gesture hold nos concrete significance as evident in the moves there. let's talk more about this and many others. adam coal, head of current strategy at rbc join us along with our guest host james ferguson, chief strategist at west house securities. all of a sudden they seem to be making...
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>> this president isn't bill clinton. >> only one bill clinton. but could he trianlate at all? >> he could. but when you look at the people he surrounded himself with, in my view, they are the left of the left in political leadership. my greater fear, he gets re-elected and goes further to the left and we've seen the disaster that's been economically over the past couple of years. >> that just means nothing happens. >> you could have the senate and the house -- >> if the republicans have the senate and the house -- >> in many ways, it's up to the voters on what they want the vision of the country to be. >> when we come back on a squawk," kevin watch wilsh withr the rest of the morning. stick around. up. a short word that's a tall order. up your game. up the ante. and if you stumble, you get back up. up isn't easy, and we ought to know. we're in the business of up. everyday delta flies a quarter of million people while investing billions improving everything from booking to baggage claim. we're raising the bar on flying and tomorrow we will up it yet again. >>> what we're about
>> this president isn't bill clinton. >> only one bill clinton. but could he trianlate at all? >> he could. but when you look at the people he surrounded himself with, in my view, they are the left of the left in political leadership. my greater fear, he gets re-elected and goes further to the left and we've seen the disaster that's been economically over the past couple of years. >> that just means nothing happens. >> you could have the senate and the house --...
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tyson, former economic adviser to president clinton. and billionaire warren buffett recently called for jpmorgan's ce oo jamie dimon to take the post. in an interview earlier this week, dimon shot down that speculation. >> i'm not suited. i don't believe i'm suited to it. i don't believe a ceo from wall street can be confirmed. .it's not what i want to do. i love my company. we do a lot avenue great stuff. i think it's perfectly suited to that. jamie did run through support behind front-runner jack lew and here is what he had to do. >> i think the world of jack rew. it's the one job and it's the lineup. it's not just the one job. so -- but jack lew is a very qualified, capable individual who has been in the private sector, too. >> or will it be tony fratto? tony, we wonder who is on the short list in your point of view. >> i've worked for three of them and been around tim geithner a lot and watched the work he's done. look, i think jam jack lew, really is the front-runner for this. i think the white house is very comfortable with him. i
tyson, former economic adviser to president clinton. and billionaire warren buffett recently called for jpmorgan's ce oo jamie dimon to take the post. in an interview earlier this week, dimon shot down that speculation. >> i'm not suited. i don't believe i'm suited to it. i don't believe a ceo from wall street can be confirmed. .it's not what i want to do. i love my company. we do a lot avenue great stuff. i think it's perfectly suited to that. jamie did run through support behind...
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former undersecretary of commerce under president clinton and economic adviser to president obama. robert has a lot of titles there. i want to start with jordan. you are talking about how investors are not participating in this bull market. we've seen 30% run-up since the 2009 lows. the fear is that the retail investor has been on the sidelines. why is that? >> it's a fact and this is a tremendous market but you can't blame the individual investor who went through a decade of torture starting from en-on-and ending with bernie madoff and so much went through it and really the trust in business, the trust in market kind of went away and so people are saying just give me a 0% return in the money market and don't steal my money from me which is sad because most businesses are good, they're honest, and there are some exceptional companies. the fact that the valuation is great, this is a super bull market, and we have to figure out a way to get individual investors back in. >> there have been a few inflex points for money market funds. in july more than $20 billion responsible for outflo
former undersecretary of commerce under president clinton and economic adviser to president obama. robert has a lot of titles there. i want to start with jordan. you are talking about how investors are not participating in this bull market. we've seen 30% run-up since the 2009 lows. the fear is that the retail investor has been on the sidelines. why is that? >> it's a fact and this is a tremendous market but you can't blame the individual investor who went through a decade of torture...
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last year hillary clinton was just edged out. who would you name as the world's most powerful woman? brian has tweeted in to say, no one has unseeded angela merkel. the ir get in touch with us at e-mail or tweet us @cnbcwex or reach us individually. especially if you want to comment on the cowboy hat look that ross has gone with this morning. >> do i wear it in the right -- i want to know if you're from texas, was i wearing it right? probably wasn't enough gallon in that hat. probably a five gallon. i probably need the ten gallon. i'm presuming the gallon applies to the -- >> the size. >> -- the height of the bit in the middle. >> we'll have to find out. >> the crown. let us know. . meanwhile, more evidence of pressure facing global minors. from bhp billiton, the stock down 1.16%. they've been suffering from chinese key attributes like iron ore. bhp saying they're going to delay expansion of olympic dam. now also going to -- there's no decision on that until december. also, no major projects now for -- until june 2013 because of
last year hillary clinton was just edged out. who would you name as the world's most powerful woman? brian has tweeted in to say, no one has unseeded angela merkel. the ir get in touch with us at e-mail or tweet us @cnbcwex or reach us individually. especially if you want to comment on the cowboy hat look that ross has gone with this morning. >> do i wear it in the right -- i want to know if you're from texas, was i wearing it right? probably wasn't enough gallon in that hat. probably a...
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ahmadinejad has blamed international sanctions for the country's devaluation, but hillary clinton says the government only has itself to blame. we also have results coming out of the spanish auction, as well. spain selling 210 million euros for the 2017 bond, the longer bond selling 1.9, just shy of 2 billion euros of the october 2015 bond, as well. the bid to cover on the 2014 coming in at 2. so up on that front. the 2015 auction bid to cover ratio, 2. bid to cover rising for that one, as well. just waiting for the average yields to come out which will come in just a moment's time, but the bid to cover also up two for the 2017, longer auction for spanish debt. bid to cover on the 2017 coming in at 2.5. and the last auction looking at a level of 2.1. so we've got a bid to cover up for each of those auctions. so we'll bring you the average yield just isn't we get it. in the meantime, let's just head out to julia and get reaction from the ground there. >> we're still waiting for the rates i can see, but just doing a mental calculation, just shy of the 4 billion. so in my estimates, that
ahmadinejad has blamed international sanctions for the country's devaluation, but hillary clinton says the government only has itself to blame. we also have results coming out of the spanish auction, as well. spain selling 210 million euros for the 2017 bond, the longer bond selling 1.9, just shy of 2 billion euros of the october 2015 bond, as well. the bid to cover on the 2014 coming in at 2. so up on that front. the 2015 auction bid to cover ratio, 2. bid to cover rising for that one, as...
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. >> we got to go back to the clinton years of higher marginal rates on the rich. >> i will say one thing, most economists believe solving the deficit will involve some form of higher revenues. >> maybe it goes up from a lower base if you get rid of the loopholes, maybe the revenue numbers -- maybe the marginal rate. but they want marginal rates to go up. they don't care even if you get more revenue -- >> well, i'll tell you what the obama administration's point of view is on this. you have to have sacrifice. where does the sacrifice come from in the majority? they say it should come from those that are most able to bear it. you shouldn't be cutting food stamps and unemployment insurance. >> steve, i just gave you sacrifice. i just gave you my social security. i want to pay more for medicare for my health care i don't want o get benefits from the government. i shouldn't. but you think the marginal income tax rate ought to remain at the 35% from the bush era or should go down from that? >> i think it should go down and we should take out loopholes and we'll get more revenue and more growth
. >> we got to go back to the clinton years of higher marginal rates on the rich. >> i will say one thing, most economists believe solving the deficit will involve some form of higher revenues. >> maybe it goes up from a lower base if you get rid of the loopholes, maybe the revenue numbers -- maybe the marginal rate. but they want marginal rates to go up. they don't care even if you get more revenue -- >> well, i'll tell you what the obama administration's point of view...
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president clinton was notoriously late for everything. 43, president george w. bush notoriously on time. president obama is kind of a mix. sometimes he's late for us, other times he'll show up early, unexpected. today, he happens to be late. we were expecting a 10:15 start time for this address on the economy. >> okay, that gives us time to quickly briefly touch on where we are with the markets. the main theme coming out of markets over tonight is this bearishness on commodities and on oil in particular. a bearish view of what bernanke was saying. that's how they interpret it in asia. let's get over to chicago and get more on the markets. the founder of traderoutlook.com. and the cme. good morning. as soon as i saw it, i was like no. >> let's have a call of this. we'll just go over my name. talk to me about oil. these are big losses today. >> yeah, you know, oil's weakness is interesting to me because it's not so much about the commodity's story as it is about the effect it can have in the overall markets and the overall economy. you remember we had a mild winte
president clinton was notoriously late for everything. 43, president george w. bush notoriously on time. president obama is kind of a mix. sometimes he's late for us, other times he'll show up early, unexpected. today, he happens to be late. we were expecting a 10:15 start time for this address on the economy. >> okay, that gives us time to quickly briefly touch on where we are with the markets. the main theme coming out of markets over tonight is this bearishness on commodities and on...